О Кратоне About Kraton

We stayed at the hotel for 3 days, spent the rest of the time in Melia Bali.
Contingent - elderly Germans, Russians, Chinese
Near Four Seasons and BALI INTERCONTINENTAL RESORT

In the pros of choosing Keraton
1. Large and spacious room, good bed, mosquito fumigator
2. Garden with bonsai collection
3. Lots of restaurants close by for fresh, cheap and excellently cooked seafood
4. To Kuta 10 minutes by taxi, 4$-5$ travel
5. Deep pool 2.2m
6. Not hot, because a strong breeze was constantly blowing from the sea
7. The tides are strong, but the sea moves only 10-15 meters. Deep, waves, sandy beach.
8. Wooden carved furniture in the room

The cons of Keraton
1. The territory is extremely small, one alley, the hotel is separated by stone camps from the neighboring hotel and the fishing village
2. Breakfast - sucks.

Poor and monotonous (3 side dishes, no meat, 2 types of ham, no cheese, 4 types of the most popular fruits, pastries, 3 types of ersatz juices, and their cook is simply crooked, twice ordered fried eggs and both times he could not break the egg whole. Strongly lose compared to 4 * in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Turkey, Egypt, Thailand
3. The pool is small, but there is no waterfall, there are fountains. On the territory of a pond with a fountain.
4. There is no entertainment at the hotel, and it is not expected, we did not go to the Spa, even free, I can’t say anything.
5. The sea during our stay was extremely dirty. In addition to the fact that the surf turned the water near the coast brown, it is full of paper, plastic, firebrands, fragments of bamboo and pieces of wood, coconuts, algae float. It was very stormy.
Local children swam and one man, stunned by the waves, was not found more willing.
Fine sand and dust covered the lawns and restaurants of the hotel on the shore.
On the second day of bad weather, hotel workers erected a wall separating the hotel from the sea.
Lawns were continuously cleaned.
They are trying to clean up the beach, well, without it, it would have turned into a kind of landfill.
6. The staff is polite, but Melia Bali cannot be compared. Small example. Breakfast, all tables are occupied. On the veranda, 4 tables are free, but covered with dust and not served. I call the waiter. Boy puts wicker napkins on the dirty table and smiles happily. The administrator on duty comes up, the table is wiped. And only on the second attempt does it dawn on both of them that the chairs are also gray with dust.
7. There are no baths in the standard, only a shower. The toilet was with a damaged flush system.

In general, I have a good attitude towards 4 * hotels, but in this case my conclusion is negative. For unpretentious tourists who have nothing to compare to, Keraton will do. The resulting savings of $ 200-300 is the monthly earnings of the natives, the money can be spent sensibly on the island.
Jimbaran has excellent seafood restaurants that cannot be compared to dining at Bali collection on Nusa Dua in terms of value or taste.

Thanks to the reviews of other tourists on this site, they helped us to navigate correctly when choosing a tour.